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One of the ways to look at health tourism as a whole is to subcategorize it in 2: wellness tourism and medical tourism. Broadly speaking, when looking at medical tourism we are analyzing something that is serious and that will involve traditional treatments in the offices of doctors and hospitals for health issues that already exist. Wellness tourism is more about preventing conditions and promoting overall good health. It is meant to be completely rejuvenating, including various alternative…

Medical tourism does not have a very good reputation and it is easy to understand why since the media is so often presenting the horror stories instead of focusing on both sides of the story. It should be no surprise to see that people either fear this practice or just look at it as a great way to get some medical work done at lower prices. Since it is the truth that we should be more interested in, here are some of the common myths you should know about medical tourism, with a focus on…

This is quite a tricky subject to discuss. In most cases we see people thinking about medical tourism when referring to dental procedures or cosmetic surgeries. The common misconception is you cannot get all treatments in other countries at lower prices. This is incorrect. Even with physical therapy we can easily get huge advantages when seeking treatment somewhere else.

We need to understand that everything varies from one case to the next. There are situations in which it is…

One of the first things you will notice when you analyze the prices associated with dental procedures in different countries is that the prices will vary a lot. For instance, if you get a dental crown done in Costa Rica, you would pay around 25% of the price you would have to deal with in USA. That is something that would easily make you want to get the procedure done in Costa Rica.

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We are Durdans Hospital in Sri Lanka, the first JCI accredited hospital in the country. We have an established process to serve international patients who visit us from around the world and have been serving several thousands of international patients so far.

We would like to get in touch with you and would like to know if you have any inbound patient leads (to Asia) who look for top quality medical care for affordable rateswithout compromising the quality of treatments and the care.

As a peaceful destination, patients can enjoy a splendid vacation in Sri Lanka whilst get their health checked with Durdans Hospital. We have introduced an array of healthcare programs as well to align with preventive health care. We have also opened our liaison office in the Maldives for the convenience of our patients.

We appreciate very much if you could write to contactus@durdans.com and internationalpatientcare@durdans.com with your procedure so we could move forward.